iZombie. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2010 comic book
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iZombie
Chris Roberson, Mike Allred, 2010
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Diane Ruggiero-Wright, Rob Thomas, 2015-2019

Seattle medical resident Olivia Liv Moore is turned into a zombie while attending a boat party. She abandons her career and breaks up with her fiancé, much to the disappointment and puzzlement of her family. She discovers that if she does not periodically satisfy her new appetite for brains, she will turn into a stereotypically stupid and homicidal zombie.


The Lovely Bones. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, 2002
movie vs book
Peter Jackson, 2009

In 1973, 14-year-old high school freshman Susie Salmon dreams of becoming a photographer. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an underground kid’s hideout he has built. In town, Susie sees Jack, who does not respond to her when she calls.


Petals on the Wind. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Petals on the Wind
V.C. Andrews, 1980
movie vs book
Karen Moncrieff, 2014

Ten years after escaping from Foxworth Hall, the surviving Dollanganger children—Cathy, Chris, and Carrie—attend the funeral of their adoptive father, Paul Sheffield, who took them in. Their bio mom still rejects them. Ballerina Cathy moves in with a ballet dancer in NYC to start a life away from her med student brother/lover.